Charles Krauthammer, Pulitzer Prize winner, Harvard graduate, Fox News Contributor, and best-selling author, has died at the age of 68. He had succumbed to cancer.
Krauthammer had been paralyzed from the neck down after a diving board accident during his first year at Harvard Medical School. Krauthammer severed his spinal cord at C5 in the accident.
After 14 months of recovery, Krauthammer returned to medical school and become a psychiatrist involved in the creation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III.
Following college, Krauthammer began a career as a columnist and political commentator when he started writing a weekly editorial for The Washington Post. In addition, Krauthammer was a weekly panelist on PBS news program Inside Washington from 1990 until 2013.
During his career, Krauthammer was also a contributing editor to The Weekly Standard, a Fox News contributor, and was a panelist on Fox New’s Special Report with Bret Baier.
via Fox News:
His death had been expected after he wrote a heartbreaking letter to colleagues, friends and viewers on June 8 that said in part “I have been uncharacteristically silent these past ten months. I had thought that silence would soon be coming to an end, but I’m afraid I must tell you now that fate has decided on a different course for me…
“Recent tests have revealed that the cancer has returned. There was no sign of it as recently as a month ago, which means it is aggressive and spreading rapidly. My doctors tell me their best estimate is that I have only a few weeks left to live. This is the final verdict. My fight is over.”
In recent years, Krauthammer was best known for his nightly appearance as a panelist on Fox News’ “Special Report with Bret Baier” and as a commentator on various Fox news shows.
Krauthammer had been married to his wife Robyn since 1974. The couple had one child together named Daniel.
Charles Krauthammer Cause of Death: Cancer
In August 2017, Krauthammer stopped writing his column and serving as Fox News contributor due to cancer. On June 21, 2018, he passed away as a result.
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